We've been digging through the campaign finance reports that the presidential candidates filed with the Federal Election Commission yesterday, and we've got some handy tables of the data for you after the jump.
But first, we wanted to share a few interesting nuggets we discovered.
Best one of all: Hillary Clinton has more cash on hand than all of the Republican candidates – combined. She has $45.2 million cash, while the entire Republican field has a total of only $37.9 million. Obama isn't far behind, with a total of $35.3 million.
Here are a few more interesting numbers regarding the Dem candidates:
- Barack Obama famously out raised Hillary Clinton, but he would have more cash on hand as well had Clinton not carried over about $10 million from her 2006 senate bid.
- Obama has been spending considerably more than Hillary in addition to raising more. He has spent 27 percent more for the first half of the year.
- Mike Gravel has $31,000 cash on hand but $65,000 in debt, making him the only Democrat with a net negative bank account.
- Four Democrats saw increases in contributions from first quarter to second (Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Dennis Kucinich and Mike Gravel) while four saw decreases (Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Chris Dodd and Joe Biden).
And some interesting tidbits regarding the GOP candidates:
- It is readily apparent why Jim Gilmore dropped out of the race – his $67,000 in debt and 8 percent drop in contributions.
- It looks like John McCain actually tried to keep a lid on his campaign's spending, which increased 48 percent in the second quarter, less than any other candidate, Republican or Democrat. A corresponding drop in contributions, however, put him over the edge of financial stability.
- Tommy Thompson's campaign is in the red with $127,000 in debt – despite a 21 percent increase in contributions.
- Mitt Romney has a lot of campaign debt (to himself, of course) and, had it been to a real creditor, he would have little more available cash than John McCain.
Tables of the info are after the jump – readers, please share whatever you see in comments.
The Democrats (in $1,000s):
| Contributions | Expenditures | |||||||
|
| Q1 | Q2 | Total | Q1 | Q2 | Total | Debt | Cash |
| Hillary Clinton | $36,054 | $27,021 | $63,075
| $5,079 | $12,769 | $17,849 | $3,026 | $45,226 |
| Barack Obama | $25,792 | $33,120 | $58,913 | $6,606 | $16,042 | $22,649
| $923 | $36,264 |
| John Edwards | $14,032 | $9,097 | $23,129 | $3,300 | $6,485 | $9,785 | $- | $13,344 |
| Bill Richardson | $6,249 | $7,090 | $13,340 | $1,227 | $4,983 | $6,210 | $61 | $7,130 |
| Chris Dodd
| $8,796 | $3,280 | $12,076 | $1,313 | $4,385 | $5,698 | $- | $6,378 |
| Joe Biden | $4,013 | $2,451
| $6,464 | $1,174 | $2,518 | $3,692 | $- | $2,773 |
| Dennis Kucinich | $345 | $757 | $1,102 | $194 | $708
| $902 | $- | $213 |
| Mike Gravel | $16 | $131 | $146 | $18 | $100 | $118 | $65 | $31
|
| Dem Total | $95,297 | $82,949 | $178,246 | $18,913 | $47,990 | $66,903 | $4,075 | $111,359 |
The Republicans (in $1,000s):
| Contributions | Expenditures | ||||||||
| Q1 | Q2 | Total | Q1 | Q2 | Total
| Debt | Cash | ||
| Rudy Giuliani | $16,623 | $17,599 | $34,223 | $5,688 | $11,223 | $16,911 | $- | $18,326 | |
| Mitt Romney | $23,435 | $20,998 | $44,432 | $11,571 | $20,740 | $32,311 | $8,945 | $12,122 | |
| John McCain
| $13,088 | $11,591 | $24,679 | $8,855 | $13,072 | $21,927 | $1,784 | $3,224 | |
| Ron Paul | $641 | $2,369
| $3,010 | $116 | $540 | $655 | $- | $2,355 | |
| Tom Tancredo | $1,312 | $1,466 | $2,778 | $735 | $1,475
| $2,210 | $15 | $598 | |
| Sam Brownback | $1,896 | $1,426 | $3,322 | $1,063 | $1,798 | $2,862 | $- | $460
| |
| Mike Huckabee | $545 | $766 | $1,311 | $171 | $703 | $874 | $31 | $437 | |
|
| Duncan Hunter | $539 | $814 | $1,353 | $266 | $874 | $1,140 | $- | $213 |
| Tommy Thompson | $403
| $487 | $890 | $264 | $505 | $769 | $127 | $122 | |
| Jim Gilmore | $204 | $188 | $392
| $114 | $216 | $330 | $129 | $62 | |
| GOP Total | $58,685 | $57,704 | $116,389 | $28,843 | $51,145 | $79,987 | $11,031 | $37,919 | |